Old Raleigh Cemetery Multi-Cache
Hidden : 8/18/2004
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Geocachers of West Tennessee

One of Shelby County's oldest cemeteries. Nov. 2015, replaced container with an ammo can. Due to how wet this area gets the log is in a loc-n-loc inside the ammo can. Please replace the log in the loc-n-loc and that in the ammo can.

This is the first in a short series of tougher caches to celebrate my 100th find. Being a history buff, I began this one at one of Shelby County’s oldest historical sites, the old Raleigh Cemetery. It contains the graves of some of the first settlers in the county, dating to the early 1800s. At first glance, you would think that it is fairly small, but it actually covers seven acres, basically the entire block. Unfortunately, much of the cemetery has become far too overgrown, a situation my scout troop hopes to help correct as one of our boys works toward Eagle Scout. THE CACHE CONTAINER IS NOT IN THE CEMETERY OR ON CEMETERY PROPERTY. You can actually do this cache just from the information on the marker, but your final coordinates could be off by a little more than 200 feet if you pick the wrong number. Access to the cemetery is available to the general public during daylight hours (who’d want it any other way?!), but there are times when the main gate may be locked. The historical society responsible for the cemetery is woefully under funded, so the key is controlled by one guy, who is sometimes too busy to come by in the morning to unlock the gate. Far more often he doesn’t make it by to lock it in the evening, so it is almost always unlocked, day or night. I’ve been by there a lot lately working on the scout project (and this cache) and I’ve only seen the gate locked once, at 2PM on a weekday (it was unlocked when I went back the next day). If the main gate is locked, there is another gate at N 35º 12.170 W 089º 55.125, which is never locked, just add a half star to the terrain rating to account for walking through the rough cut grass as opposed to the small, well maintained area at the main entrance. The historical society has no problem with visitors, all they ask is that we please be respectful of the nature of the property, especially if any loved ones are visiting gravesites, although the latest grave I could find was from the 1930s. Oh, and they would greatly appreciate our CITO efforts! Your search begins at the historical marker by the main entrance. There are two dates in the 1800’s on the marker. Add 40 to the number of each year. REMEMBER THESE NUMBERS! Next, take the original coordinates, subtract 8 from the latitude, and add 15 to the longitude. (pause for you to walk to the new coordinates) Hmm, this stone used to be a lot taller than it is now. The stone is too damaged to tell the birth date, but the death date is still there. Such a pity to lose a loved one on that day of the year…a year that (after you added 40 to the marker year) matches one of the years on the historical marker. Make a note of that. Next, add two to the latitude, and add 3 to the longitude. (Note: satellite strength drops off as you approach the second marker, but you can’t miss it). (pause again for you to walk to the new coordinates). Hmm, the Taylor family stone used to be much taller, too. C. N. Taylor’s year of death also matches one of the years on the historical marker (again, remember that you added 40 to the marker years). Armed with these numbers, break out the calculator and let’s find the cache with the log! Take the year from the marker (plus the 40 you added earlier) that matches the year of death on the first stone, the one with the sad death date. Now subtract 1,479 from that number (the marker year plus 40). Now subtract that number from the original cache coordinates to get the latitude of the cache container. Next, take the year from the historical marker that (after you added 40) matches the year of Mr. C. N. Taylor’s death. Subtract 1,711. Now subtract that number from the original cache coordinates to get the longitude coordinate. Cache is in a nearby park. Terrain for the cache site is 2.5 stars, 3 if it’s been raining. While in the area, you might want to check out these caches, all within .7 mile: Spiders And Snakes Offset by WhirlwindPPC (GCHZ0E) Field of Clover by Chris&Cindy (GCGB4Q)




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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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